GDPR era heralds new peak in number of data breach whistleblowers

The number of whistleblowers lifting the lid on data breach events has tripled in the time since May 25 th 2018, when the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force, the Financial Times online reports.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is the regulatory body for the GDPR in the UK, has received an escalating number of confidential reports on the issue, as illustrated by new data that reveals rising anxiety among the public regarding cyber security and privacy online.

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